2 Finger Combinations with Flick Offs - Finger Gym

I show you exercises that directly benefit your fretting hand, the hand that we use for chords and even lead playing. We have looked at Hammer-ons and they hugely effective as a skill as well as an exercise for building strength in the hand; just like with Flick-offs.

Exercises: 2 finger combinations for Hammer-ons and Flick-offs

Below are all the finger combinations we can do for these exercises.

Hammer-ons

• Hammer-on finger 1 to 2 - up and down each string for example

• 1 to 3

• 1 to 4

• 2 to 3

• 2 to 4

• 3 to 4

Flick-offs

• Flick-off finger 2 to 1 - up and down each string

• 3 to 1 (This combination is recommended!)

• 4 to 1

• 3 to 2

• 4 to 2

• 4 to 3

Top Tip

Whichever finger combination you choose when flicking-off:

• Have both of those fingers down initially

• Pick (first finger down of which ever combination - e.g. 3 to 1)

• Flick-off (first finger down has flicked-off to next finger which was placed down too)

• Slow and steady is going to build the strength in your hand!

This just makes that feeling of flicking-off feel more comfortable when we first try it